Looking Good and Feeling Good About Ourselves Is Essential to Our Overall Well-being
One sure way to achieve this is by nurturing ourselves internally by the foods we eat, and externally by using products that are made with natural and organic ingredients.
( #selfcare #selflove)
NEW NORM - HOME HAIR SPA DAYS
I believe in this kind of day, and since Covid, people with all hair types have found themselves more involved in taking care of their own hair.
However, I fervently believe that coily, kinky textured hair care, ought to be more inclusive and represented in beauty salons globally.
Afterall, the curriculum of hairdressing courses offer specialities in altering the texture of our naturally tightly coiled hair, so why not instead teach people how to care and maintain kinky hair in a natural healthy state?
The hairs that grow from our heads are uniquely ours, why should one feel or be forced to change the texture, to fit in or to feel more beautiful and accepted? [pursed lips]
Gone are the days when a woman who looks like me, wearing her hair in its natural state, used to be done mainly as a political statement. Thankfully, with the realisation that Black is Beautiful, better education through social media tutorials on how to care for afro textured hair, many more of us have embraced and accepted our hair. There's been a surge in the afro haircare market within the last decade too.
Most recently, with Covid inflicted new norms, women of the universe are forced to care for our hair ourselves. Luckily for me this is nothing new and no need for a panic.
WASH n GO! n A Whole Lot More!!!!!!!
After Morning Workout Hair
Some Available Products In The Philippines that do the job!
My All Time Favourite Products (Sulfate, Parabens and Silicones Free)
Shampooed and towel dried hair
Due to afro texture hair being naturally drier than other hair types, it is more fragile and prone to breakage.
A good way to help prevent this is applying a deep conditioner, hair treatment or hair mask to your hair after shampoo, and if available, sit under a hooded dryer for 20 - 30 mins to allow the product to penetrate (I like that word) into the cuticle of the hair.
After, rinse hair with cool water to close the hair cuticle
Afro hair texture is naturally frizzy and it needs all the help to keep it smooth, so always handle hair in a downward direction (gently).
Afro hair defies gravity - growing big not long, so using what is called a "prayer hand technique" is good for applying a leave-in conditioner
Detangling Afro Hair
This is a key step in caring for coily textured hair, to prevent the hair from becoming knotted..
Moisturise . Moisturise . Moisturise
The thing is, afro hair tends to have a high porosity, meaning that it absorbs moisture, like a sponge. It also absorbs moisture from the air, which can make the hair feel hard when dried, so the hair cuticles need to be sealed with a light oil after applying a liquid moisturiser
Sectioning the hair and twisting it makes it easier for handling and also reduces the amount of shrinkage which is characteristic of afro hair.
Two-strand twists is a great protective style that gives a funky look to the afro hair when they're gently unravelled.
The irony of it all, is that afro hair texture needs a lot of TLC, it's time consuming and due to our hair being deemed non mainstream, products are costly and only sold in "communities", yet at the end of it, your look is disapproved of, frowned upon because:
"you look unkempt"!?
Some women sulk or refuse to go out if they're having a bad hair day...
For me, 'if ever I should have a good hair day, I shall alert the media'
Until then, I continue to happily rock my kinky Hair...Happy Nappy Me!
PS. Just reading the stages involved probably made you tired ...
I hope it will also makes you more appreciative of the hair you got ...or your wife/girlfriend/daughter/niece/sister
...It's only hair!
What matters is "here today, gone tomorrow...
Don't let the little things get you down!
VARIETY AND DIFFERENCES IS WHAT MAKES THE WORLD SO BEAUTIFUL
THANK YOU FOR READING! TILL NEXT TIME!